Patents by Inventor Antti H. Partanen

Antti H. Partanen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus to bind a key to a namespace
    Patent number: 8566910
    Abstract: A method includes identifying an application installed on a device as an authorized application of a certain domain, the application being signed with a private key; deriving a signer identity using a public key that forms a key pair with the private key; mapping the certain domain to another domain using a deterministic function map; making a request to the another domain to obtain a list of signer identities that are authorized to act on behalf of the certain domain; determining whether the signer of the application is in the list and, if it is, authorizing the application to act with the same privileges as granted in the certain domain. Apparatus and computer programs for performing the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Pekka J. Laitinen, Nadarajah Asokan, Antti H. Partanen
  • Method And Apparatus To Bind A Key To A Namespace
    Publication number: 20110289560
    Abstract: A method includes identifying an application installed on a device as an authorized application of a certain domain, the application being signed with a private key; deriving a signer identity using a public key that forms a key pair with the private key; mapping the certain domain to another domain using a deterministic function map; making a request to the another domain to obtain a list of signer identities that are authorized to act on behalf of the certain domain; determining whether the signer of the application is in the list and, if it is, authorizing the application to act with the same privileges as granted in the certain domain. Apparatus and computer programs for performing the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Pekka J. Laitinen, Nadarajah Asokan, Antti H. Partanen